South Andaman district | |
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  South Andaman district  South Andaman district | |
| Coordinates:11°40′12″N92°44′24″E / 11.67000°N 92.74000°E /11.67000; 92.74000 | |
| Country |  India |
| Union territory |  Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Headquarter | Sri Vijaya Puram |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 238,142[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | southandaman |
South Andaman district is one of the three districts of theIndian Union Territory ofAndaman and Nicobar Islands located in theBay of Bengal.Sri Vijaya Puram, the capital of the Union Territory is the district headquarters. The area covered by this district is 2,640 km2.
This district was created on August 18, 2006, by bifurcating the erstwhileAndaman district.[2]
South Andaman district occupies an area of 3,181 square kilometres (1,228 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent toCanada'sMansel Island.[4]
According to the2011 census South Andaman district has apopulation of 238,142,[1] roughly equal to the nation ofVanuatu.[5] This gives it a ranking of 584th in India (out of a total of640).[1] The district has a population density of 80 inhabitants per square kilometre (210/sq mi) .[1] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.97%.[1] South Andaman has asex ratio of 874females for every 1000 males,[1] and aliteracy rate of 88.49%.[1]
Four of the indigenousAndamanese peoples, namely,Onges,Jarawas,Great Andamanese andSentinelese live in this district.
As of 2011 census,Bengali is spoken as the first language by 21.07 per cent of the district's population followed byTamil (20.70%),Hindi (18.40%),Telugu (17.66%),Malayalam (9.85%),Sadri (3.34%),Kurukh (3.07%),Nicobarese (1.67%) and others.[6]
Hinduism is followed by majority of the people in South Andaman district. Christianity and Islam are followed by a considerable population.[7]
The district comprises three tehsils,Port Blair,Ferrargunj andLittle Andaman.
| Climate data for Port Blair | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.0 (86.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.8 (74.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 46.4 (1.83) | 26.5 (1.04) | 29.3 (1.15) | 69.0 (2.72) | 360.4 (14.19) | 501.1 (19.73) | 423.7 (16.68) | 425.1 (16.74) | 463.0 (18.23) | 300.7 (11.84) | 235.0 (9.25) | 154.6 (6.09) | 3,034.8 (119.49) |
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Mansel Island 2,640km2
Vanuatu 224,564 July 2011 est.
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